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(jiǔ) nine; 9

九一八事变 (w)

(jiǔyībāshìbiàn) the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变

九三学社 (w)

(jiǔsānxuéshè) Jiusan Society

九九乘法表 (w)

(jiǔjiǔchéngfǎbiǎo) multiplication table

九九归一 (w)

(jiǔjiǔguīyī) nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done

九九重阳 (w)

(jiǔjiǔchóngyáng) Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month

九分之一 (w)

(jiǔfēnzhīyī) one ninth

九十 (w)

(jiǔshí) ninety

九卿 (w)

(jiǔqīng) the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)

九原区 (w)

(jiǔyuánqū) Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 shi4], Inner Mongolia

九台 (w)

(jiǔtái) Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin

九台市 (w)

(jiǔtáishì) Jiutai county level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin

九如 (w)

(jiǔrú) Chiuju township in Pingtung county 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 xian4], Taiwan

九如乡 (w)

(jiǔrúxiāng) Chiuju township in Pingtung county 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 xian4], Taiwan

九官鸟 (w)

(jiǔguānniǎo) hill myna; Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa

九宫山 (w)

(jiǔgōngshān) Jiugongshan nature reserve in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture 咸宁, Hubei

九宫山镇 (w)

(jiǔgōngshānzhèn) Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture 咸宁, Hubei

九宫格数独 (w)

(jiǔgōnggéshùdú) sudoku (Japanese: sū doku)

九寨沟 (w)

(jiǔzhàigōu) Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan

九寨沟县 (w)

(jiǔzhàigōuxiàn) Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan

九寨沟风景名胜区 (w)

(jiǔzhàigōufēngjǐngmíngshèngqū) Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan

九尾龟 (w)

(jiǔwěiguī) nine-tailed turtle of mythology; The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆

九层塔 (w)

(jiǔcéngtǎ) basil

九嶷山 (w)

(jiǔyíshān) Jiuyi mountain range in Hunan on the border with Guangdong

九州 (w)

(jiǔzhōu) division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands

九巴 (w)

(jiǔbā) Kowloon Motor Bus Company KMB

九成 (w)

(jiǔchéng) nine-tenths; ninety percent

九折 (w)

(jiǔzhé) 10% off (price)

九月 (w)

(jiǔyuè) September; ninth month (of the lunar year)

九月九日忆山东兄弟 (w)

(jiǔyuèjiǔrìyìshāndōngxiōngdì) Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维)

九月份 (w)

(jiǔyuèfèn) September; ninth month

九校联盟 (w)

(jiǔxiàoliánméng) C9 League

九死一生 (w)

(jiǔsǐyīshēng) nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life

九江 (w)

(jiǔjiāng) Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi; also Jiujiang county

九江地区 (w)

(jiǔjiāngdìqū) Jiujiang prefecture in Jiangxi

九江市 (w)

(jiǔjiāngshì) Jiujiang prefecture level city in Jiangxi

九江县 (w)

(jiǔjiāngxiàn) Jiujiang county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

九泉 (w)

(jiǔquán) the nine springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; Hades

九流 (w)

(jiǔliú) the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]

九渊 (w)

(jiǔyuān) abyss; deep chasm

九牛一毛 (w)

(jiǔniúyīmáo) lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom); fig. a drop in the ocean

九牛二虎之力 (w)

(jiǔniúèrhǔzhīlì) tremendous strength (idiom)

九章算术 (w)

(jiǔzhāngsuànshù) The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

九声六调 (w)

(jiǔshēngliùdiào) nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)

九华山 (w)

(jiǔhuáshān) Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏

九号球 (w)

(jiǔhàoqiú) nine-ball (billiards game)

九边形 (w)

(jiǔbiānxíng) nonagon

九里 (w)

(jiǔlǐ) Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu

九里区 (w)

(jiǔlǐqū) Liuli district of Xuzhou city 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu

九重霄 (w)

(jiǔchóngxiāo) ninth heaven; Highest Heaven

九零后 (w)

(jiǔlínghòu) 90s generation

九霄云外 (w)

(jiǔxiāoyúnwài) beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away

九面体 (w)

(jiǔmiàntǐ) enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)

九头鸟 (w)

(jiǔtóuniǎo) legendary bird with nine heads (old); cunning or sly person

九鼎 (w)

(jiǔdǐng) The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)

九齿钉耙 (w)

(jiǔchǐdīngpá) The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4])

九龙 (w)

(jiǔlóng) Kowloon district of Hong Kong

九龙坡 (w)

(jiǔlóngpō) Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

九龙坡区 (w)

(jiǔlóngpōqū) Jiulongpo district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

九龙城 (w)

(jiǔlóngchéng) Kowloon City, Hong Kong

九龙县 (w)

(jiǔlóngxiàn) Jiulong county (Tibetan: brgyad zur rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)